Kingdom of Wolves: Blackshadow - Page 75

“A PUP, WE’RE GOING TO HAVE A PUP?” Baildon yells, but his face is bursting with love and pride.

Hope laughs, claps her hands together and shouts, “I’M GOING TO BE AN AUNT!”

My oh my, this is a good mating ball.

The next morning, we only see William has found a mate and his mate Lucretia wants to stay here at the Blackshadow Pack. She had been with the Eclipse Pack, and Alpha Chet was more than happy to allow Lucretia to leave his pack.

Alpha Chet, Luna Sage, Bronze along with myself and Hope, remove Lucretia from the Eclipse Pack and officially make her a Blackshadow Pack member.

To Hope’s delight, Lucretia is a healer too, and has studied surgeries when broken bones have not mended correctly, and the like. But she has an understanding of herbal medicines as well. I can tell Hope, Lorna and Lucretia are going to be the best of friends.

Lucretia quickly became Lucy, and everyone now calls her by her shortened name. She is bubbly and funny but works hard wherever she is needed. She is not one to wait for a pack member to be sick. She rolls her sleeves up and helps in the kitchen, housekeeping, and even harvesting in the orchard.

The pack has a great feel about it now. We are all committed to the betterment of the pack and the pack members. All helping each other whenever needed and in any way that we can.

Six months after the mating ball, Flint arrives unannounced. He does this whenever he feels he wants to be involved with a pack. I’m not sure he cares which pack as long as it’s a pack, and finds the fellowship he needs.

“What can we do for you?” I eventually ask as we are walking around the pack grounds.

“I just wanted a bit of time away from the council. I don’t enjoy being stuck in my office all the time. It’s damn depressing. I wanted to see your new cabins and the school. Your updates are refreshing Alpha Connell.” Flint stops walking and turns to me, giving me a serious look.

“You are welcome here any time. I think you know that without me having to tell you,” I say, but I’m unsure what he’s wanting to hear.

“I wanted you to know that I’m proud of what you have achieved. You have taken a broken pack and turned it into a highly productive one. You’ve taken in rogues who had lost hope of ever being anything other than that. You have, and still are, building cabins for your pack members that want to move out of the packhouse, for one reason or another. You’ve built a school to encourage any mates to have pups, and know they are provided for.”

Turning, we continue walking whilst viewing the new cabins and passing the school. “You knew I wanted to make the pack a better place for everyone. After what my father did, I had to do something good, or I would have felt the rot in my soul.”

Slapping my shoulder, Flint nods in understanding. “Beta Caleb tells me you have a safe room, too. Wise, Connell, very wise.”

Continuing our walk in silence we arrive back in my office where we take an easy chair each, settle back and sigh. In my case, I’m sighing with satisfaction, but when Flint speaks, I know that is not true in his case.

“We have news that Alpha Aurora Pearl is under some kind of threat. Somehow, one of her she-wolves got out of the pack’s territory and made her way to the council. I need you to be very careful of your borders and for your pack members. From what we are told by this female, ten of Alpha Aurora’s pack members are being held hostage.”

Sitting up quickly in my seat, I look Flint in the eye. “Who has done this? Why?”

“We don’t know who, but whoever it is takes more than half the food they produce, the funds that they make, and threatens if anyone finds out about the situation, the ten hostages are dead.”

“Have you come for my support?”

“If we need it, will you give it?” Flint asks.

Without hesitation, I reply, “Yes.”

“Thank you. We have everyone’s support if needed, now that you have agreed. I just hope we are not too late.”

Before Flint can say anything else Hope runs into the office smiling. “Come on, you two, we are having the ‘Harvest Thankfulness Ceremony’, and then we are going for a pack run.”

That’s all it takes for us to follow my beautiful Luna out of the office, enjoy the gathering, and then head into the forest. Life has never been better and I can’t thank the Goddess enough for the blessings that she has brought to me.

Throwing my head back, I start the thankful howls.

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